As I was organizing some scraps the other day, I pulled out my purple 2½” strips and squares and selected 50 different ones from which to make two 25-patches. I’ve been working with crumbs and strings more lately (mostly organizing and pressing but a little sewing too, for Xing and Crumble Weave), and it was… Continue reading Purple Pennies
Tag: Rainbow Scrap Challenge
Yellow Pennies
I decided to pull out the yellow fabrics from my 2½” strips box and go ahead and make the two blocks needed for this planned charity quilt.. I’m also thinking of what I might do with the rest of them to “use them up.” Meanwhile, I’ve been setting up my new PC and trying to… Continue reading Yellow Pennies
Turquoise busting
My Thursday morning quilting group has been participating, after a fashion, in some stash busting of particular colors this year. We’ve been using some of the Rainbow Scrap Challenge 2025 monthly colors, and I’ve helped them bust some blues, greens, and oranges. I’ve had a bunch of 2½” strips sitting in one of my storage… Continue reading Turquoise busting
Neptune in orange
Recently, the Wrap Them in Hugs quilting ministry began working through some of their half-yard stash, creating from it approximately 7 “kits” of color-themed 2½-inch strips (like a jelly roll) to use for charity quilt tops. They started with blue, and I made the Tiffany quilt top from that set. But then, using the colors… Continue reading Neptune in orange
Pennies from Heaven (variation)
My Thursday quilting group made up kits of green 2.5-inch strips, similar to the blues, and I thought about doing Tiffany again, but the Pennies from Heaven quilt design came to mind. I altered it slightly, because it was originally a 5 blocks square design. I figured up that if I knocked off one column… Continue reading Pennies from Heaven (variation)